Vellum, 6.5 x 4.75, ff. 196 + 2, several volumes, all well written.

13th, 12th, 11th-12th cent.

    Stamped leather over boards, clasps gone: stamp of four-petalled flowers.

    Vellum, 7 x 5.25, ff. 106 + 6, 26-24 lines to a page.  15th cent., very neatly

written.

    Old binding, skin over boards, clasps gone.

    Donor, T. C. S.: priced 40^s.

    Vellum, 5.875 x 4, ff. 38 + 8, 22 lines to a page.  14th cent., clearly written.

    Old parchment wrapper folding over.

    Vellum, 7.625 x 4.625, ff. 180, double columns of 39 lines.  15th and

13th cent., well written.

Cartulary of the Hospital of St Mary of Ospringe, Kent. Latin, late 13th century.

The Maison Dieu at Ospringe, Kent, was endowed by Henry III in 1234. It was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1516 and its property transferred to the nascent St John's College, Cambridge through the offices of Bishop John Fisher.

Physical description

William Heberden, Lectures on poisons. English, 1749.

'Three lectures containing some observations on the history, nature, and cure of poisons. Read at the college of physicians on the 24th, 25th & 26th of august, 1749. By W. Heberden M.D. Fellow of St John's College Cambridge.' The physician William Heberden (1710-1801) took his BA from St John's in 1728, was elected a Fellow in 1731, and received his MD in 1738. He moved to London in 1748 and was elected to the Royal Society in the following year.

J.S. Wood, Notes on manuscripts and printed books in St John's College Library. English and Latin, c. 1861-82.

John Spicer Wood (1823-93) graduated BA as 22nd Wrangler and 4th Classic in 1846 and the following year was elected to a fellowship. He took his BD in 1857 and his DD in 1869. Wood served St John's as Tutor (1860-70), President (1871-83) and Librarian (c. 1861-82).